Almost 60 percent of adults in the U.S. are taking prescription drugs. However, over 90 percent of the bronze-level plans under the Affordable Care Act-the most popular ones-have an average annual deductible of nearly to meet before prescriptions are covered.
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Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, London, UK: Researchers from the Biogerontology Research Foundation , Insilico Medicine , Life Extension and other institutions announce the publication of a landmark study in the journal Aging on the identification of natural mimetics of metformin and rapamycin. Metformin, a common type 2 diabetes drug, and rapamycin, a common anti-rejection drug, have both been shown to have substantial anti-aging and anti-cancer effects in a variety of model organisms.
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Case 1 MJ is a 67-year-old woman who presents to the emergency department complaining of abdominal pain and frequent diarrhea for the past 3 days. She also reports loss of appetite and is febrile, with a temperature of 101.1oF.
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Summary While the global T2D market is crowded with inexpensive generics and marked by a pipeline filled with me-too drugs, expects this market to undergo substantial growth between 2016 and 2026, doubling over the forecast period. The main driver of this enormous expansion will be the dramatic increase in disease prevalence, which is attributable to increased life expectancy and an increasingly sedentary and stressful lifestyle.
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The rise of brain glucose levels is blunted during hyperglycemia in adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus , according to a study published online Oct. 19 in JCI Insight . Janice J. Hwang, M.D., from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues conducted 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy scanning of the occipital lobe to measure the change in intracerebral glucose levels during a two-hour hyperglycemic clamp among 25 participants .
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Preventing type 2 diabetes: systematic review of studies of cost-effectiveness of lifestyle programmes and metformin, with and without screening, for pre-diabetes To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. CiteULike organises scholarly papers or literature and provides bibliographic for universities and higher education establishments.
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Among patients with type 2 diabetes initiating antidiabetes drugs , first-line use of metformin has increased since 2005, while sulfonylureas have remained the most popular second-line agent, according to a study published online Nov. 6 in Diabetes Care . Olga Montvida, from Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and colleagues used data from the U.S. Centricity Electronic Medical Records to identify 1,023,340 patients with type 2 diabetes who initiated any ADD and 357,482 patients who initiated second-line ADD after first-line metformin .
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Discovery of mutation which appears to protect against biological ageing raises hopes for new treatments to prevent age-related disorders The discovery of a rare genetic mutation that prolongs human life has raised hopes for new treatments to combat ageing and prevent age-related disorders from heart disease to dementia. Researchers spotted the mutation in an Amish population in Indiana where carriers were found to have better metabolic health, far less diabetes, and tended to live a decade longer than others in the community.
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In other words, 'This is your chance to take control,' says Matt Longjohn, MD, MPH, senior director of chronic disease prevention for the YMCA-USA. 'Research proves that some simple, daily lifestyle changes can dramatically cut the risk for developing diabetes over the next couple of years by 58 percent, which is better than what is seen with frequently prescribed medications like metformin.'
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Among African-American women, those with type 2 diabetes may have a higher risk of developing estrogen receptor -negative breast cancer. The study was published in Cancer Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, by Julie R. Palmer, ScD, associate director of Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, and associate director for population sciences at the BU-BMC Cancer Center The majority of breast cancers are ER-positive; this type of breast cancer is the easiest to treat and has the highest survival rate.
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Curcumin, a component of the popular East Asian spice turmeric, is 400 times more powerful than the common diabetes drug Metformin in improving insulin sensitivity and helping to reverse Type 2 diabetes. That's the upshot of a new study published by Biochemistry and Biophysical Research Communications that is the latest to find that the popular spice used in curry dishes for centuries has extraordinary health benefits.
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With so much information out there, it can be hard to navigate the murky waters of how your diet influences your body. Everyone's seen internet claims with various nutrients suggested as the key to a healthy life, but only scientific research can actually tell us what's truly best for us.
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A drug prescribed for diabetes patients reduces the risk of developing Parkinson's disease by more than a quarter, a major study has found. Researchers from the University of Bergen in Norway discovered glitazones had a protective effect against the degenerative neurological disease.
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British scientists have made a starting discovery: University of Surrey researchers have identified a new type of diabetes they call Type 3c. Andrew McGovern, a British clinical researcher, said he and his colleagues have determined this new form of the metabolic disease is caused by damage to the pancreas from inflammation called pancreatitis, tumors of the pancreas, or surgery.
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Specific focus on the quality-by-design approaches for the robust design of dosage forms is expected to change the future landscape of controlled-release drug delivery technologies. While conventional hydrophilic matrix based technologies such as Accuform are being used in the market for several years, recent advancements in the development of oral drug delivery systems such as gastro-retentive drug delivery for controlled release, buoyant systems, mucoadhesive systems for regulated release of anti-viral medications etc.
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